Dyn believes enthusiastically in the deprecation of Whois in favor of Registration Data Access Protocol (RDAP). Dyn believes that Whois has long outlived its usefulness and looks forward to the deployment of RDAP as its replacement. more»

If you’re publishing content of any kind on the Internet, there’s no question that performance is important. The faster your users can get the information they’re looking for, the more likely they’ll be to stay engaged (and buy something, if you’ve got something to sell them). more»

Dyn announced today general availability of Internet Intelligence (II), a SaaS-based product that provides companies with a new and unique view of the Internet by looking at performance between a company's customers and its Internet assets. more»

Dyn appreciates the opportunity to comment on the IANA Transition Stewardship Coordination Group (ICG) "Proposal to Transition the Stewardship of the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) Functions from the U.S. Commerce Department's National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) to the Global Multistakeholder Community" (henceforth, "the proposal"). We thank the Internet community and the ICG for the tremendous collective effort the proposal represents. more»

CircleID in collaboration with the team from Dyn Inc. and ICANNWiki, brings you the following video interviews conducted by Ray King of Top Level Design LLC and ICANNWiki founder during ICANN 51 meetings in Los Angeles (12-16 October 2014). more»

ICANN 50 in London wrapped up in late June and proved to be an exciting and eventful conference. Discussion in London included hot topics such as Internet Governance and the IANA Functions Transition, as well as ongoing discussions regarding New gTLDs, ICANN Accountability, and policy development. more»

This acquisition enables Dyn to launch a new Performance Assurance product line that gives customers the insights they need to make instant, intelligent decisions to improve the performance of their Internet enabled applications. more»

For the last 15 years, all of us at Dyn have taken pride in offering a free version of our Dynamic DNS Pro product. What was originally a product built for a small group of users has blossomed into an exciting technology used around the world. more»

Dyn, the worldwide leader in Internet performance solutions, announced their third quarter (ending on Sept. 30, 2013) was one of the most successful in company history, as they closed more than $15 million USD in bookings and hired nearly 50 employees. more»

As I reflect on my recent election earlier this month as the IETF Administrative Oversight Committee (IAOC) Chair and the work that I perform at the IETF, I am very happy to work for a company like Dyn that invests its employees' time in organizations like the IETF in order to help continue the advancement of Internet standards. more»

Dyn has announced the hiring of Matt Larson, formerly vice president of Research at Verisign and Director of Verisign Labs, as its Chief Architect to help set the technical direction of the company. more»

Growth requires constant evolution of every piece of your company, not the least of which is your technical infrastructure. When your business is the business of Internet Infrastructure as a Service (namely managed DNS and email delivery), you better get good at it. more»

Dyn today announced the hiring of Chris Griffiths, formerly Comcast's Director of High-Speed Internet and New Business Engineering, as VP of Labs to lead innovation for Dyn's products and services. more»

As we continue to carve up and analyze the unique-to-Dyn data for new innovation, growth and thought leadership, we like the trends we see in front of us. When it comes to our DynECT Email Delivery product, we work with nearly 300 enterprise customers that are contracted to send over 1.2 billion emails each month. more»

Dyn, the worldwide leader in Internet Infrastructure as a Service, announced that it will host Geek Summer Camp, their first-ever user conference for both the Internet infrastructure and web performance industries. more»

Dyn, the worldwide leader in Internet Infrastructure as a Service, announced today it has acquired Trendslide, a mobile dashboard app startup. The acquisition expands Dyn's services to now include mobile data and analytics offerings for online businesses. more»

We recently did a study where we looked at where our customers' websites are hosted, so we could get a better glimpse into the web hosting space. We also looked at the market share numbers for top traffic websites by Alexa Ranking, and also for large enterprises. more»

CircleID in collaboration with the team from Dyn Inc. and ICANN Wiki, brings you video blogs and updates from the 46th ICANN meeting in Beijing, China (7-11 April 2013). Stay tuned as we keep this page updated through out the meetings. more»

Dyn announced the hiring of Claudia Santoro as its new Director of Email Engineering and Dave Connors as VP of Technical Operations. In addition, Andrew Sullivan, previously Director of Labs, has been promoted to Director of DNS Engineering. more»

The IaaS company does not intend on selling the Verelo services long-term. Instead, Dyn will offer Verelo's performance orientated tools as a free service to their customers and as a sales tool for prospects. more»

It's almost 2013 and top websites like Facebook, Tumblr, Buzzfeed, Reddit and Gawker still experience occasional downtime. I guess web apps are too complicated to be highly available across multiple end points and it's too expensive to run a mirrored active-active setup or at minimum, active-passive infrastructure. more»

CircleID in collaboration with the team from Dyn Inc. and ICANN Wiki bring you video blogs and updates from the 45th ICANN meeting in Toronto, Canada (14-18 October 2012). Stay tuned as we keep this page updated through out the meetings. more»

Dyn, the Infrastructure as a Service leader, announced today it has received a $38 million Series A minority investment led by North Bridge. This is the first-ever outside funding received by the managed DNS and Email Delivery provider that incorporated in 2001. more»

This is the fifth acquisition made by Dyn in the past three years. In 2010, Dyn purchased EveryDNS and EditDNS in separate transactions. In 2011, they made their biggest acquisition with the purchase of SendLabs, which allowed Dyn to begin offering Enterprise Email Delivery. more»

Having led the Dyn enterprise sales charge for years, I wanted to reach into my bag of tricks and give you five reasons why uptime is a necessity in today's Internet marketplace (if that $329 million wasn't enough of a reason for you, that is). more»

CircleID in collaboration with the team from Dyn Inc. and ICANN Wiki bring you video blogs and updates from the 44th ICANN meeting in Prague, Czech Republic (24-29 June 2012). Stay tuned as we keep this page updated through out the meetings. more»

Usually on the Dyn blog, you'll hear us talking about the technology behind our authoritative DNS infrastructure, the benefits of IP anycast routing, the scale of our global infrastructure and more.
Often ignored, but still a major part of the DNS system, is the recursive DNS infrastructure, traditionally deployed by ISPs to serve their customers. more»

CircleID in collaboration with the team from Dyn Inc. and ICANN Wiki bring you video blogs and updates from the 43rd ICANN meeting in San José, Costa Rica (11-16 March 2012). Stay tuned as we keep this page updated through out the meetings. more»

There's a number of ways to "remove support" from a foreign infringing website at the DNS level - we'll take a look at the techniques that could be used at all the layers of the DNS and why some are more destructive than others. more»

CircleID in collaboration with the team from Dyn Inc. and ICANN Wiki bring you video blogs and updates from the 41st ICANN meetings in Dakar (23-28 October 2011). Stay tuned as we keep this page updated through out the meetings. more»

CircleID in collaboration with the team from Dyn Inc., brings you video blogs and updates from the 41st ICANN meetings in Singapore (19-24 June 2011). Stay tuned as we keep this page updated through out the meetings. Stay tuned as we keep this page updated through out the meetings. more»

Dyn (formerly Dynamic Network Services Inc.) today announces the release of their Enterprise Class Technology (ECT) platform for the complete management of email delivery. The release of DynECT Email Delivery follows months of build out and improvements of redundant email infrastructure, solidifying the IaaS (Infrastructure as a Service) leader as a major player in the email delivery space. more»

Redundancy built on top of redundancy at every layer of the infrastructure stack... If you look at the domain name delegations of several of our largest Dynect DNS customers you will see a common trend. Redundancy. more»

Dyn Inc. and EuroDNS have similar roots in the domain name industry, and share the same culture of innovation and customer-driven services. Their common paths, coupled with consistent industry involvement, created an organic opportunity to work together. more»

Dynamic Network Services Inc. (Dyn Inc.), today announced the acquisition of EditDNS and the launch of Dynect SMB, offered on its IT services storefront, DynDNS.com, further cementing its position as the world's fastest growing provider of managed DNS. more»

The purpose of these ceremonies is to generate the specialized cryptographic materials needed to sign the root zone, distribute copies to two secure facilities, distribute the cryptographic fingerprint data to Trusted Community Representatives (TCRs) for verification, and to distribute crypto material to Recovery Key Share Holders in case of failure of these two ICANN facilities. more»

Teams from three leading IT infrastructure companies will be coming together to present a real-life/real-time Web failure scenario, that will show session attendees how to manage a highly scalable and redundant enterprise Web environment, using integrated tool chains to avoid disaster without manual intervention. more»

When selecting an infrastructure partner, Dyn prioritized top criteria including a high performance, IPv6 ready, global network supported by engineering based customer service and chose NTT America to help power the Web infrastructure of customers like Zappos, Netflix and Twitter. more»

In almost all industries, unlike in professional sports, there isn't an off season. The DNS space is no exception and because it is part of the Internet's core infrastructure, it can never take a moment off. Like any other business segment, competition does exist, but when running the Internet is the craft, all organizations must work together to ensure its overall success. more»

Dynamic Network Services Inc. (Dyn Inc.) announces the public release of their API version 2 with enhanced features that allow customers to automate DNS changes to the database via API scripts, simplify DNS integration and incorporate the Dynect Platform's advanced features such as monitored Round Robin Load Balancing, Traffic Management and CDN Manager into the services they provide to their end-users. more»

Dyn Inc. announces that The GLOBE Program, a .gov domain, chooses the Dynect Platform to implement the DNSSEC mandate made by the Executive Office of the President, Office of Management and Budget (OMB). more»

In follow up to the last ICANN meetings in Sydney and Mexico City, CircleID in collaboration with the team from Dynamic Network Services, will be bringing you video blogs and updates from the 36th ICANN meetings in Seoul (25-30 Oct 2009). Stay tuned as we keep this page updated through out the meetings. Comments and questions? Please post them below in the comment section of the page. more»

In follow up to the last ICANN meetings in Mexico City, CircleID in collaboration with the team from Dynamic Network Services, will be bringing you video blogs and updates from the 35th ICANN meetings in Sydney (21-26 Jun 2009). Stay tuned as we keep this page updated through out the meetings. Comments and questions? Please post them below in the comment section of the page. more»

The staff from Dynamic Network Services are posting video blogs and interviews at the currently ongoing 34th annual ICANN meetings in Mexico City. This post will be updated in collaboration with Dynamic Network as more videos are produced over the week containing a mix of interviews and statements given by various participants representing different policy and technical groups during the meetings... more»